“The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide...”
Author detail
A former editor for the U.S. Air Force and a native of Savannah, Georgia (USA), [Aberjhani][1] has authored and/or edited more than 2 dozen books and journals in multiple genres, including educational reference, biography, fantasy, mystery, poetry, history, literary reference, and memoir. He is a winner of the Thomas Jefferson Award for his journalism, the American Library Association Choice Academic Title and Best History Book Awards for his historical writings, the Creative Loafing Critic’s Pick Best Savannah Author Award for general authorship, and the Connect Savannah 2006 Poet and Spoken Word Artist of the Year Award for his poetry. In addition, he is an acclaimed visual artist whose works have been noted for their creative documentation of environmental, social, and spiritual concerns. The author is also the founder of the former [Creative Thinkers International][2] creative artists community and has served as a member of the [PEN American Center][3] and Academy of American Poets. In 2009, Aberjhani emerged as one of the pioneers of online [interpretive journalism][4]. In his position as the National African-American Art Examiner, he has logged informative and entertaining stories on such era-defining issues as: the case of Georgia death-row inmate Troy Anthony Davis; the life and death of Michael Jackson; the presidency of Barack Obama; and the legacy of Nelson Mandela. He introduced the social criticism concept of Guerrilla Decontextualization in 2010 and initiated the 100th Anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance initiative in 2011. In 2014 he joined the ranks of members on the [LinkedIn][5] website invited to publish a blog on the popular platform. His books, six of which have Kindle editions, include: Songbirds and Roses, Democratic Dilemmas and Divine Inspiration (2025), These Black and Blue Red Zone Days (2023), Greeting Flannery O'Connor at the Back Door of My Mind (2020), Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah (2019), [Songs from the Black Skylark zPed Music Player][6] (2016), *Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry* (2014); *The River of Winged Dreams* (2010, Bright Skylark Literary Productions); *ELEMENTAL, The Power of Illuminated Love* (2008, with artist Luther E. Vann); *The American Poet Who Went Home Again* (2008); *The Bridge of Silver Wings 2009*; *Christmas When Music Almost Killed the World* (2007/2008); *Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black* (2012); *Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance* (2003, Facts On File), which won the New Jersey Notable Book Award; *The Wisdom of W.E.B. Du Bois* (2003, Kensington Books);and *I Made My Boy Out of Poetry* (1997, Washington Publications/iUniverse). He has also edited a number of titles for both independent authors and academic institutions such as Mountain State University. Most recently he served as editor for [Savannah: Immortal City][7], and [Savannah: Brokers, Bankers, and Bay Lane - Inside the Slave Trade][8], the first 2 published volumes in the Civil War Savannah Series by Barry Sheehy, Cindy Wallace, and Vaughnette Goode-Walker. *ESSENCE Magazine* listed his *Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance* among its “recommended gift items” and *Black Issues Book Review* listed it among their “Recommended Titles for the Home Library.” Grits.com selected his *ELEMENTAL* gift book of art and poetry as one the featured recommended titles for its online book club. * * * * * [1]: https://www.author-poet-aberjhani.info/ [3]: https://www.pen.org/aberjhani [4]: https://aberjhaniauthorpoet.contently.com/ [5]: http://www.linkedin.com/in/aberjhani [6]: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25892104M/Songs_from_the_Black_Skylark_zPed_Music_Player [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15597590W/Savannah [8]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16533264W/Savannah
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“The job facing American voters… in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide...”
“Oh what a wonderful soul so bright inside you. Got power to heal the sun’s broken heart, power to restore the moon’s vision too.”
“History dressed up in the glow of love’s kiss turned grief into beauty.”
“Shine your soul with the same egoless humility as the rainbow and no matter where you go in this world or the next, love will find you, attend you, and bless you.”
“Souls reconstructed with faith transform agony into peace.”
“You are the hybrids of golden worlds and ages splendidly conceived.”
“On faith’s battered back calm eyes etch prayers that cool a nation’s hot rage.”
“The act of writing itself is much like the construction of a mirror made of words. Looking at certain illuminated corners of or cracks within the mirror, the author can see fragments of an o...”
“The reality of a serious writer is a reality of many voices, some of them belonging to the writer, some of them belonging to the world of readers at large.”
“Compassion crowns the soul with its truest victory.”
“A poet is a verb that blossoms light in gardens of dawn, or sometimes midnight.”
“Your pain is a school unto itself–– and your joy a lovely temple.”
“Passion presented with a greater challenge achieves a greater goal. -- from The Sexual Side of Spirituality”
“In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations,...”
“In your hands winter is a book with cloud pages that snow pearls of love.”
“The leaders and followers of the Harlem Renaissance were every bit as intent on using Black culture to help make the United States a more functional democracy as they were on employing Black...”
“Classic romantic love is an emotional attraction between two individuals in which they may share a heightened awareness of mutual adoration. Erotic love, traditionally, has been described as...”
“Because Mr. Mandela's early opponents invested so many resources into distorting the true nature of his advocacy, the singular historic moment millions now celebrate could have been tragical...”
“The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 represented precisely such a hope - that America had learned from its past and acted to secure a better tomorrow.”
“The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect of daily life in a would-be free democratic society.”